David Moreland Whaley
Full Name: David Moreland Whaley
Birth date: 1822
Death date: August 22, 1862
Birth date: 1822
Death date: August 22, 1862
Terms of Service
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Senate,
8th
(1)
(3)
(4)
Legislature
11/11/1859 - 11/4/1861
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Senate,
7th
(2)
Legislature
1/12/1858 - 11/7/1859
(2) David Whaley, sworn 1/12/1858, succeeded Elliot M. Millican, resigned before session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Included in "Table II, Constitutional Unionists (Identified from newspapers) with Biographical Data," list of leaders of the Texas Constitutional Union Party in 1860. The party was formed in January of 1860. "The Constitutional Union Party in Texas," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 82, Number 3, January 1979, pp. 238, 256-262, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Table II, Constitutional Unionists
(4) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Not present at the organization of the Senate. First mentioned in appointments to Senate committees, 11/9/1859, p. 10; Oath of office, 11/11/1859, p. 44. Senate Journal . November 9, 1859
November 11, 1859
Biographical Notes and Resources
Photographs
- Photograph. David Whaley, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Other Resources
- Confederate States Army, Major, Company C, 5th Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade. David Moreland Whaley. Genealogical Notes and Anecdotes: Major David M. Whaley 1998.
- WHALEY, DAVID M. (1822-1862). Handbook of Texas Online .
- Included on list of "Texas Know Nothing Leaders with a Summary of Biographical Data Taken from the . . . United States Eighth Census, 1860." The party was active at the state level in Texas in 1855 and 1856. "By 1857 the party had virtually disappeared in Texas." "An Analysis of the Texas Know Nothings," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, Number 3, January 1967, pp. 414-423, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
- "Who Toots Now?", The Democratic Platform. For the Campaign. (Austin, Texas), 7/14/1859, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. "D.M. Whaley, running for Senator on the Houston ticket . . . in favor of re-opening the African slave trade." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
- Support of foreign slave trade mentioned in The Democratic Platform. For the Campaign. (Austin, Texas), 7/26/1859, p. 1, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
- Biographical sketch, Confederate Soldiers, Leon County, TXGenWeb Project .
Committee Information
- 8th R.S. - 1859
- 7th R.S. - 1857